Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-04-17
THE TRAIN ROBBBRIBS.
A Conductor, the Most important
Thief in the Panhandle Robber-
les, Still to be Caught.
The Employees Threaten q Strike to
Force the Authorities to Call a
Halt in the Matter OF Arrests.
More than Half the Prisoners Waive Pre-.
nminary Hearing-Several Have
Mads Confessions,
THE RINGLEADER At LARGE.

THE RINGLEADER At LARGE.
PITTsBURG, Pa, April Let appears
that the most important arrest in the
Panhandle case is yet to be made. a
former conductor named Connolly is sup
posed to have been the leader of the gang
and to have cotton away with an immense
amount Of plunder. Somehow or other
he got wind sometime ago that
a raid would be made and skipped.
He is now in Kansas, but
an officer has been sent after him and it is
expected that he will be arrested and
brought back next week. Between
thirty and thirty-fve of the arrested men
will waive hearing ard give bond to await
the action Of the grand jury. The amQurt
Of the bail will be fixed at from $4,000
down, according to the number OF charges
lodged against each prisoner. These will
take their continuance and their attor-
neys will seek to have the cases of each
taken ur by the grand jury in or
der to get into the present term of
court. II is understood that the principal
defense Of Smany will be to establish an
abb. In speaking Of the robbery to-day,
Special Agent Rue said they would be
able to identify every article recovered,
however small, to tell by whom it was
shipped, the date Of shipment, the name
Of the engineer, fireman and crew of the
train, all the places at which the
car laid over, when it was robbed,
by whom, the hands through
which the stolen articles passed
and the name Of the party to whom each
article was consigned. We know also,
said he, where an immense amount Of
plumber is stored in this city, which we
have not yet disturbed but upon which
| we could place our hands at any time. We
know Of goods buried ulder ground, by
whom buried, 6nd when ana who will
come and dig them up. These goods are
! still buried because the thieves, who are
| still at large, inundated by the arrests Of
/ others, fear to take them away. If any
more arrests are to be made the victims
will at least be allowed to rest until Mon
day. Some who are guilty and have thus
far escaped arrest may think this great
chance for escape, but this is impossible
since every suspect is under close sur
Vigilance.
A STRIKE THREATENED.
PITTsBURG, PA April 16-Au after
noon paper to-day published a sensation
al item which stated that the section en-
night considered bold and decisive
move to force the railway authorities to
some kind of compromise. 1t is pro-
posed to demand a guarantee that no fur
Their arrests be made, and that all the
be completely eXonerated from
any completely in the alleged
thefts. Should these guarantees not
be forthcoming the men will decline to
enter again in the company'5 service IN
der the suspicious that ere resting upon
them, until all the cases have been finally
settled. Demands will also be made
respecting certain parties under arrest,
claimed to be innocent of the charges
against them, and respecting the others,
guarantee that they will not be kept in
Jail all summer, but that they would be
tried Immediately. If that demand is not
complied with q strike viii be ordered
and ell trains side tracked. Twenty-four
hours notice will be given of the inten-
ton to strike. Another meeting will be
held tonight or tomorrow, when definite
action will be decided on
MAKING CONFESSIONS.
PITTsBURG, Pa, April 16.-It is quite
probable that no hearings Will be held in
the cases Of the Panhandle robbers Mon
day. More than half the prisoners have
already waived q preliminary hearing for
court trial, and it is believed the others
will take the same action. This will en-
able the defendants to get the cases be-
fore the grand jury in time for the present
term of court. Within the past twenty
four hours number of prison
ers have made confessions to the
ATTORNEYS of the railroad COmDanV
but the nature of the disclosures
has not been given to the public. 1t is
claimed, however, that they tally almost
exactly with the facts learned by the
detectives in the researches. 1t is
thought that before their trials come on
nearly all the men Will have admitted
their part in the robbery. a very impor~
tant arrest was made to-day. H. G
Busby, who escaped from the officers at
Dennison, Ohio, Monday, by jumping
from the train, was re-captured this
morning. He is regarded by the de-
tectives as one of the ring leaders.